This month, Women, Money and Mindset articles have focused on the overwhelming nature of financial planning and related situations that can keep us confused, frustrated and perhaps making poor decisions. This week, I’d like to invite you to take an inventory of those areas in your life, such as money and finances, health and wellness,…
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There will be a south-of-the-border element for the Miami Heat when the NBA schedule is released in coming days. The Heat, under current NBA plans, are scheduled for a Dec. 17 game in Mexico City, one that will count against the San Antonio Spurs’ home schedule. It will be the Heat’s first regular-season game outside…
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Q: What is more important: Trading Duncan Robinson now for a strong power forward like Jae Crowder, or keeping him as a trade piece for a big fish down the road? – Bob, Davie. A: Which is why I downplayed Duncan Robinson (if the Suns even would want to take on such a long-term contract)…
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Q: As for all the supposed upgrades other teams made in free agency, they were almost all just journeymen players and not really difference makers. – Rolando, Borrego Springs, Calif. A: I’m not sure I would go that far (or that lack of far) when it comes to Malcolm Brogdon with the Celtics or Dejounte…
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Where the NBA free-agent list stands: Best available: Miles Bridges (R), Colin Sexton (R), Montrzel Harrell, Dennis Schroder, Eric Bledsoe, Hassan Whiteside, Rodney Hood, Kent Bazemore, Carmelo Anthony, Rajon Rondo, Dwight Howard, Markieff Morris, Elfrid Payton, Paul Millsap, Wayne Ellington, Blake Griffin, Tristan Thompson, Kemba Walker. Agreed to terms: Kyle Anderson (Timberwolves), Deandre Ayton (Suns),…
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Q: Seeing summer video clips of Kyle Lowry, Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo jacking up jumpers hints that they got the message of being able to space the floor to some extent. – Leonard, Cornelius, N.C. A: Which is all well and good. But converting jumpers and 3-pointers in an empty gym or during pick-up scrimmates…
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A 12,868-square-foot waterfront mansion in Fort Lauderdale, previously owned by former NBA basketball player Scottie Pippen, has features sure to delight any family — and it can be yours for under $20 million. The home, at 2571 Del Lago Drive, sits on .72 acres in the exclusive Harbor Beach neighborhood, a gated community popular with…
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Continuity, not conditioning, Kyle Lowry said Wednesday is what derailed his initial season with the Miami Heat. Addressing a media group for the first time since the day Heat were eliminated in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals by the Boston Celtics, the veteran point guard alluded to the extended periods he missed at…
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The planned pay-per-view fight between Baltimore’s Hasim Rahman Jr. and social media star Jake Paul is off because of an issue with Rahman’s weight, Showtime Sports announced Saturday evening. The fight, scheduled for Saturday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, was originally to be fought at a 200-pound limit; Rahman has spent his entire career…
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The passing of Bill Russell brought back a rush of memories of my attempt to obtain the basketball icon’s autograph in a place where few die-hard New York Knicks fans would have dared to enter. But I am getting ahead of the story. It was the spring of 1966. I was with a few friends…
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